Composers
Browse classical music composers across all periods
6,039 composers
BaroqueJohann Sebastian Bach
1685 - 1750
Nationality: GermanyWorks: 1,114Recordings: 82,451
ClassicalLudwig van Beethoven
1770 - 1827
Nationality: GermanyWorks: 441Recordings: 47,961
ClassicalWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756 - 1791
Nationality: AustriaWorks: 668Recordings: 44,964
BaroqueAntonio Vivaldi
1678 - 1741
Nationality: ItalyWorks: 700Recordings: 23,604
Early RomanticFranz Schubert
1797 - 1828
Nationality: AustriaWorks: 911Recordings: 21,874
Early RomanticFrédéric Chopin
1810 - 1849
Nationality: PolandWorks: 242Recordings: 20,856
Early RomanticRobert Schumann
1810 - 1856
Nationality: GermanyWorks: 279Recordings: 20,740
ClassicalJoseph Haydn
1732 - 1809
Nationality: AustriaWorks: 840Recordings: 18,969
Late RomanticJohannes Brahms
1833 - 1897
Nationality: GermanyWorks: 304Recordings: 18,242
BaroqueGeorge Frideric Handel
1685 - 1759
Nationality: GermanyWorks: 400Recordings: 14,445
Late RomanticPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1840 - 1893
Nationality: RussiaWorks: 258Recordings: 12,021
Early RomanticRichard Wagner
1813 - 1883
Nationality: GermanyWorks: 103Recordings: 11,482
ImpressionistClaude Debussy
1862 - 1918
Nationality: FranceWorks: 140Recordings: 11,120
Late RomanticSergei Rachmaninoff
1873 - 1943
Nationality: RussiaWorks: 174Recordings: 9,013
20th CenturyDmitri Shostakovich
1906 - 1975
Nationality: RussiaWorks: 154Recordings: 8,940
Early RomanticFelix Mendelssohn
1809 - 1847
Nationality: GermanyWorks: 285Recordings: 8,712
Late RomanticAntonín Dvořák
1841 - 1904
Nationality: Czech RepublicWorks: 206Recordings: 8,691
Late RomanticGustav Mahler
1860 - 1911
Nationality: Czech RepublicWorks: 17Recordings: 8,282
20th CenturySergei Prokofiev
1891 - 1953
Nationality: RussiaWorks: 154Recordings: 8,144
Early RomanticFranz Liszt
1811 - 1886
Nationality: AustriaWorks: 647Recordings: 8,048